Thread: [Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium 2.0

Hoplite is enuf for Titan HM & few first boss of Coil.. The only matter is the right timing for a PLD to pop his/her utility skills
My team didn't call me "vegetables armor" anymore after I go through Garuda HM and so on due to my GC sword & shield and full set of Hoplite armor (all green equipments)

If u have no luck for getting HM weapon, don't push your luck.. Just do it again and again with "Skill", not "Gear"..
U will see how it boosts your morale when tanking turn 5

Congrats! But I'll gear up for sure, I'm way to stressed about wasting 7 other folks' time because the lack of my skill/gear combined...

EDIT: Another question: does the BiS gear, AF/tomes/BoC/relic have materia slots? There are none listed on xivdb, but they still have some information wrong...

In response to all the questions about gear requirements, it's a team game and all about balance. If you have a well geared tank you can have healers that are not very geared and the other way around. If you have bad DPS you may need a combination of both well geared healers and well geared tanks. It's all about how your party meshes so take that into consideration. As I said I did titan with a rotten shield, but since darklight is insanely easy to get I went ahead and got all of it in a few hours.

As for the question about block cap, I was not presented with that data so i haven't compiled it into this reference guide

I also noticed someone asked about dex. It's not on your gear so dont worry about it. Just follow the gear formula at the top of the gear post. I have noticed that I lean towards determination more than parry though even though I state they are equal. Our dps are getting pretty geared. We have a few people with 2 piece AF2 and above now and I mitigate well enough so my main focus right now is threat and control of the battle.

Originally Posted by Xyphon

Heyo,

Just wanted to say thanks for the guide and feedback PixelShader! Was able to tank garuda hm with ease. Instead of getting an ifrit swords, i got garuda's instead (while doing the quest for curtana). The skill speed should also help a ton. Any suggestions for gearing up for Titan?

Thanks again for all the help.

Awesome! Glad to hear it and glad I could be of service.